Macalester College is a liberal arts institution that is located in the city of St. Paul, which is Minnesota's capital. Macalester College has a faculty of 165 full-time professionals, and consists of 31 educational divisions. Some of the diverse majors that are available at the school include German studies, Arabic, global citizenship, political science and cultural and media studies. In terms of sports and extracurricular activities, some of the choices are rugby, martial arts, quiz bowl, soccer and skiing.
Carleton College is an independent school that was founded in 1866. Carleton College is in the river city of Northfield, which is part of Minnesota's southeastern region. The small college consists of 37 academic majors, as well as 13 different concentrations. The programs include physics and astronomy, classical languages, international relations and anthropology and sociology. Other special programs within the college include those for linguistics, Arabic and literary studies.
Augsburg College is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Augsburg College opened in 1872 and is associated with the Lutheran church. Both graduate (seven majors) and undergraduate (over 50 majors) programs are provided by the school. The school's programs and majors include subjects such as music therapy, computational philosophy, business finance, studio art and media writing. The college also offers many organized sports, like cross country, basketball, baseball, diving, swimming and ice hockey.
Concordia College is an independent liberal arts institution that is in the city of Moorhead, which is in western central Minnesota. Concordia College is affiliated with the Lutheran church and was founded in 1891. The school offers 12 preprofessional academic programs, as well as 78 majors. The majors and minors include church professions, Chinese, Norwegian and Scandinavian studies and international business. As for preprofessional studies, the choices include occupational therapy, law and optometry.